Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-08-07
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Whsn tbo erdsr o. the Ooancfi pre-
essdinQa this aftaFnoon roaohed Hpeti-
tlons and FssoIutiansn Mayer Towns
said be desired 10 maks q sEAf4meHt
preEious 10 the reading Of lstteg a6-
dfszssd b him - MayuF, Which he bad
khonRht beat 10 lay before tha OounciL
some time aga be said, - Mr.. John
Me6oyeEn. repfesen1fnR, as agent. The
drm of william 7. Coleman q Co, Of
New York and San FEanciseo. bad had
conversation with him eonceEninR tie
matter Of bringing Chinamen here 20 Be
employed IN The salmon cannery stu
ated IN he First ward Ths Mayor
stated that be had made clear 10 Ne
Govern the sentiment Of the community
with regard 10 Chlnese and that since
then be bad heard nothing shout the
matter until receiving the isaesx which
Be hen aiEeetsd tie CITY Oleek 10 read.
u b as fellows.
AsreazA. o. yuiy y, 1857.
To tAs Hon. 4. 1osgne, Meyer ef Taco
ne, w. T-DKAR E1R: Some time AGO
our Mr. Mc0oyeEn had . couversaiion
With yoa in references 20 taking Ohi-
4Z24ZA ~ AH01AA - W0EA IL AUU
James Williams a Company Oannery,
sitaatsd 81 The lower end % Old Taeo-
ms. We have nov come 30 the co1elu.
sion that Il woald Be geod idea to run
this eanneEy and would be both bene6
eial 10 ourselves and TO the town, as the
working Of the canneEy would naturally
bring considerable money 10 the tswn,
bat IL would be impossible for us 10 run
Az nMAaman nrnunna frs1f~. uwfftssaraa 49,.
ploying Chiness labor 10 pack the SAL
mon and We have thsrefsre decided ts
take with us SUFFICIENT Ohinansn TO At |
tend 70 the inside working Of the can
merry and packing Of the salmon. We
will, however. zee 10 ID thai the China
men We take uP 10 Tacoma do not 20
out into the town; We will have them
remain IN our premises and We think
that By 90 doing we can run The can
merry without having any trouble with
the labor party. Should the labor unions |
give ns any trouble ve will naturally /
look TO you TO give ~ whatever proteo-
lion may be necessary. We viii start /
the eanneEy somewhere In the naighboF- /
hood Of September 1st.
Obsdientiy and very truly you're,
AoKNux Wa. T. OoLKlxAM 4 Co.
John McGovsFn. Agent.
rHKx sHow THEIR HAND.
A dead sfenes ensued for fully q 1
minute aftef the clerk ceased reading, /
which vas finally broken By Mr.. Kelly
moving thai the papers be filed. THIS /
was seconded, but Mr.. Bacon aross and
moved to amendment by inatruoting che
statement that the sentiment OF the
eaoh IL Nann4 ~ kha
bringing Of Chinese to the city.
Mr. Collins quickly seconded this,
and followed with q strong speech IL
protest against any announcement Of
the proposed movement. This" be Il
laid. "ls practically notifoation 10 the
Mayor and City Council that these peo
pie expect trouble and Warn rs TO be on
oar guard and prepared 20 come to their
assistance. So far a. the Law II con
seFned, / am a. strongly In favor Of
keepinR 1t inviolate as anybody, and
hone will 20 farther perhaps in project
lnQ every individual In their rights.
These people, no doubt claim the right
10 bring the ChinaHnon here, and ftis
Iheref0re our business b protect them
u u, but they show themselves 90 Be
avaEe % the danger Of Bringing China
neu here, Il cost much in trouble and
anxiety 20 get the Ohinamen out Of this
{ was accomplished successfully with
Jut the very minimum of cost and with.
,ut q single individual being harmed
hereby. The complete riddanoe Of the
Iisy from this pest has been Q source Of
TO our citizens every day I
ince then. as well as from every pest {
idden community on the Coast. Hav-
M once enforced this fFeedom of the Z
and seen ell Its benefits I
hey could not be forced upon the CON- | {
nunity again without trouble ensuing. I
livery citizen knows that, and Il iel
well 10 make these genilemen | /
ware at least Of the sentiment Of the |
Deople here concerning what they pro-
,ose." II
SOME PLAN TALK. II
There was some talk about The pro-
)riesy Of the Mayor endorsing anything /
lpou the communication, and Mr.. |
3aeon took the door.
"The author Of this letter wants an /
InsWeF. Il isevident 10 me that they |
re sounding us on this question: they |
rant TO know what We think about IL, I
nd ! think it the proper thing 10 les
hem know. II We send Il back With
Iut an answer, We are partiAily Fespon-
ible--in q manner We give our consent.
think the people OF this city do not .
sant any Chinese here. Ny motion was
imply 70 refer IL back 10 the Mayor,
EiIh fnstrucaion to convey 10 the writer
N idea Of that fact. OF coarse sdo
los know absolutely Tie fact, but II that
9 done they viii see that the Council |
ion't want Chinese, and that they be-
ieve that the pe0pls do not. II they
hen bring Ohinamen here they do 50,
u course, at their own risk"
Mr.. HouQhtsn said he thcught the
language Of the motion shoald be mod
Hod, as be did not think the Mayor Was
10 instFuotion from Council
= Make Il q request, and an in favor
Of u, for as the gentleman says, there
may trouble fellow the coming Of
Chinese nov. TIE eannsEy people have
1 right 10 bring than here whatever ne
SAY, bat II may be as well 70 give them
4 word Of advice.
HoT TIE COUNCILS AFFAIR.
NJ. Kelly said that 90 far as the
strong praiudioe aRAinst the Cbinamen
coming here is concerned there Was liz
tie doubs Of Il. bat be did not thsnk th9
Council should give any instEaeii0na ipT
the matter q could ealy ssaitify the
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